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What Time Is The Eclipse? Exactly When To Watch In Every U.S. State
05.04.2024 - 13:25 / forbes.com / Nova Scotia
When is the eclipse going to happen? North America is about to see a big solar eclipse, but where you are will determine the time, the duration, and precisely what you'll see.
A great place to find out this information for your location is Timeanddate's dedicated page for this eclipse. Type your location into the search box in the top-left corner of this interactive map. You'll get not only a time-lapse simulation of what you'll see but a useful timetable for exactly what will happen and when. Not only does it include the start and finish times but also the exact times you should look around to notice certain aspects of the eclipse, such as temperature changes, blurry shadows and the reaction of animals.
Here's what else you need to know about when the eclipse is going to happen where you are:
On Monday, April 8, the moon will obscure part or all of the sun. All of North America will see a partial solar eclipse, which must be viewed through solar eclipse glasses and solar viewers. Here's where to try for free solar eclipse glasses.
Some of the continent will see a total solar eclipse, visible from a narrow strip of land called the path of totality. The path is a projection of the moon's dark central shadow, and it will move across the continent from Mexico to Canada via parts of 15 U.S. states.
On April 8, the 9,200-mile-long, 115-mile-wide path of totality will cross parts of five Mexican states (Sinaloa, Nayarit, Durango, Coahuila, and Chihuahua), 15 U.S. states (Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine), and six Canadian Provinces (Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland).
The path of totality is the moon's shadow, which moves across Earth at about 1,500 mph. Those within the path see the same partial phases as everyone else, either side of a brief totality—when it gets dark and the sun's corona becomes visible to the naked eye.
Totality will move across North America—Mexico, the U.S., and Canada—in 100 minutes, crossing six time zones (MST, CST, CDT, EDT, ADT, and NDT). It will begin in Mazatlán, Mexico, at 11:07 a.m. MST and end in Newfoundland, Canada, at 5:16 p.m. NDT.
Here are the totality times for every U.S. state crossed by the path of totality (excluding Tennessee and Michigan, which are barely touched by it). In the U.S., totality will begin in Texas at 1:27 p.m. CDT and end in Maine at 3:35 p.m. EDT—a total of 68 minutes split between two timezones.
For the latest on all aspects of April 8's total solar eclipse in North America, check my main feed for new articles each day.
Wishing you clear skies and wide eyes.
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